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FROM 100 YEARS AGO – “FURTHER SACRIFICE ON YOUR PART WOULD NOW BE IN VAIN…”

Posted on May 24, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (24TH MAY) 82 YEARS AGO : ‘DRAFT RIOTS’ AS WESTMINSTER PUSHES FOR CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND. In Ireland, in 1941, conscription was again being discussed in Westminster ; this time for the partitioned six north-eastern counties of Ireland. … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 'Lord' Halifax, Catherine Coll, Countess Markievicz, David Gray, Eamonn de Valera, Frank Aiken, Gerry Boland, Juan Vivion DeValera, Lloyd George, Michael Collins, Michael McDowell, Paddy Rankin, Pádraig Quinn, Séan Quinn, Seán Lemass, Thomas MacDonagh | Leave a comment

TWENTY-THOUSAND IRISH PEOPLE MARCH IN SUPPORT OF A FREEDOM-FIGHTING POET.

Posted on April 26, 2023 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (26TH APRIL) 42 YEARS AGO : “TWENTY THOUSAND MARCHERS…” Mrs. Rosaleen Sands (RIP). Dear Mum Dear Mum, I know you’re always there To help and guide me with all your care, You nursed and fed me and … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Alderman James Kelly, Bowen Colthurst, Countess Markievicz, Disraeli, Dr Moira Woods, Edward Stanley 15th Earl of Derby, Enda Kenny, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Ivor Churchill Baron Wimborne, James Connolly, Joseph Plunkett, Lieutenant Colonel McCammond, Major Sir Francis Vane, Patrick McIntyre, Thomas Dickson, Thomas MacDonagh | Leave a comment

‘THE BRITISH WERE RIGHT TO SHOOT THE 1916 LEADERS’ – FIANNA FÁIL ‘TD’.

Posted on June 20, 2018 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (20TH JUNE) 169 YEARS AGO : TROUBLED IRISH REPUBLICAN POET DIES. ‘My Dark Rosaleen‘ ; a poem about the authors feelings for his country and its tradition of resistance in arms to those that would seek to … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged Annie Kenny, Charles Gavan Duffy, Cissie Cunningham, Clann na Gael, Commandant Katie O'Connor, Con Ryan Fianna Fáil Chairman Tipperary, Countess Markievicz, Country Grand Master Denis Watson, Dr Noel Browne, Glasnevin Cemetery Dublin, James Clarence Mangan, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, Jerome James Collins journalist, John Devoy, John Kenny Clann na Gael, Kathleen McLaughlin, Kathleen McSweeney, Kathleen Walsh, Long Kesh, LVF leader Billy Wright, Maura Lyons, My Dark Rosaleen, Portadown District Lodge Orange Order, Rita McSweeney, Terrae Filius, the British Legion Hall in Portadown, The Felon newspaper, The man in the Cloak, Thomas Devin Reilly, Vaccus, William Carroll | Leave a comment

IRELAND, 1941 – “DRAFT RIOTS…THIS IS A GRAVE SITUATION..”

Posted on May 24, 2017 by 11sixtynine

“IT IS MY DUTY TO TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE DONE..” “Because I believe these things I will always stick to them, but I do not want to force any other person to believe as I do. Let … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 'King' George V, 'Lord' Halifax, 'MAGILL' magazine, abstentionist, Alex Crowe, Arbour Hill, Óglach na Rosann, Bill Carroll, Blackrock College in Dublin, Board of Works, Bobby Sands, British Army General 'Sir' Nevil Macready, Catherine Coll, Churchill, Cian Sharkhin Portlaoise Prison, Commandant Neil 'Plunkett' O'Boyle, conscription in Ireland, Countess Markievicz, Dave McDonald, draft riots, Eamonn de Valera, Easter Rising of 1916, Felix Mc Corley, Fianna Fáil., Finner Camp Donegal, General Smuts, Gerry Boland, Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, Glenmalure, Home Rule Parliament' at Stormont, IRA Chief of Staff Frank Aiken, IRA green booked, IRA man Tom Heavey, Jean McCann, Jim McCann, Juan Vivion DeValera, Knocknadruce County Wicklow, Leac Eineach Burtonport County Donegal, leinster house, Lloyd George, Londonderry(sic) and Lough Swilly Railway Company, Michael Collins, Michelle Boyle, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures, Mr David Gray, Newbridge Barracks, Paddy Rankin IRA, Pádraig O' Baoighill, Pádraig Quinn IRA, Peterhead Prison, Phil Mac Giolla Bháin, Richard Mulcahy IRA Chief of Staff, Rita Kelly, Rosie Kelly, Séan Quinn IRA, Seán Lemass, Stormont, Tallaght, Tús Nua, the 'Frank Cahill Resource Centre', the 'New Mains' Colliery, the 'Treaty of Surrender' 1921, the British 1920 'Government of Ireland Act, the Church in Hollywood, the Dublin No 2 Brigade IRA 3rd Battalion, the Gaelic League, The Garda Special Branch, the IRA's 2nd Battalion Scottish Brigade B Company, the IRA's Fourth Northern Division, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the Kosbies, the River Liffey, Thomas MacDonagh of the Dublin Brigade | Leave a comment

A COUNTRY PLAYING AGAINST ITSELF…

Posted on April 26, 2017 by 11sixtynine

ON THIS DATE (26TH APRIL) 272 YEARS AGO : ‘LORD’ KILLED BY A DRAGO(O)N’S ‘STING’. ‘Positive and overbearing, Changeful still and still adhering, Spiteful, peevish, rude, untoward, Fierce in tongue, in heart a coward. Judgement weak and passion strong, Always … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged 10 Downing Street London, 19-year-old James Joseph Coade Rathmines Road, 3rd Viscount Allen, Adjutant Morgan, Alderman James Kelly, Alderman Thomas Kelly, Bobby Sands, Captain Bowen Colthurst, Cathal Goulding IRA, Che Guevara T-Shirts, Cian Sharkhin, Countess Markievicz, Eustace Street Dublin, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, General Governor of Ireland, Gerry Adams, Henry Lemass, Herbert Henry Asquith, Ivor Churchill Baron Wimborne, James Connolly, John Allen, Joseph Plunkett, Kingstown Harbour Dun Laoighaire, Lieutenant Colonel McCammond, Lieutenant Gibbon, Lieutenant Kettle, Lieutenant Tooley, Lieutenant Wilson, Lieutenant Wylie, Lord Cheylesmore, Lord Lieutenant-General, Major Sir Francis Vane, Martial Law, Martin McGuinness, MP for Carysfort, Mrs Culhane, Mrs Kettle, Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington, Patrick McIntyre, Phil Mac Giolla Bháin, Portobello Barracks, Right Hon HH Asquith KC MP, Sergeant Claxton, the 176th and 178th Infantry Brigades of the 59th North Midland Division of the British Army, the 1916 Easter Rising, the Boer War, the Eye-Opener, the Labour newspaper Searchlight, the Royal Irish Rifles, Third Cavalry Brigade Athlone, Thomas Dickson, Thomas MacDonagh | Leave a comment

THE IRISH REBEL WHO HELPED TO ESTABLISH A STILL-IN-EXISTENT MOB OF ORGANISED THIEVES.

Posted on February 4, 2015 by 11sixtynine

THE REAL IRA…. “We will not disband.” Although on a permanent cease-fire, the RIRA say they will not be disbanding and would dump rather than surrender any weapons. By Liz Walsh. From ‘Magill’ magazine, October 1998. According to security sources, … Continue reading →

Posted in History/Politics. | Tagged British 'Lord' Edward Carson, Cabhair, CIRA, Clondalkin Lucan water tax protest January 2015, Countess Markievicz, IRA., PIRA, RIRA | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Countess Markievicz

FROM 100 YEARS AGO – “FURTHER SACRIFICE ON YOUR PART WOULD NOW BE IN VAIN…”

TWENTY-THOUSAND IRISH PEOPLE MARCH IN SUPPORT OF A FREEDOM-FIGHTING POET.

‘THE BRITISH WERE RIGHT TO SHOOT THE 1916 LEADERS’ – FIANNA FÁIL ‘TD’.

IRELAND, 1941 – “DRAFT RIOTS…THIS IS A GRAVE SITUATION..”

A COUNTRY PLAYING AGAINST ITSELF…

THE IRISH REBEL WHO HELPED TO ESTABLISH A STILL-IN-EXISTENT MOB OF ORGANISED THIEVES.

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